Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining clock gates for decloning based on simulation and satisfiability solver
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Application No.: US17360782Application Date: 2021-06-28
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Publication No.: US11354480B1Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Matthew David Eaton , Ji Xu , George Simon Taylor , Zhuo Li
- Applicant: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F30/396
- IPC: G06F30/396 ; G06F30/3308 ; G06F30/3312 ; G06F30/3323 ; G06F30/367 ; G06F30/398

Abstract:
Various embodiments provide for determining clock gates for decloning based on simulation and a satisfiability solver, which can be part of electronic design automation (EDA). In particular, some embodiments use a simulation process to quickly determine whether enable signals associated with two clock gates are logically equivalent using a random input vector to a circuit design and, if logically equivalent by the simulation process, use a satisfiability solver to determine a variable assignment (e.g., at least one vector) such that the enable signals are found to be non-equivalent.
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